By Kathryn Reed Four-foot wide shoulders “at a minimum” is what will be installed along Highway 89 starting at the intersection of Highway 50 in El Dorado County and extending to the Alpine County line. “It will provide safety for cyclists. It will give them more room. Part of this project is to encourage cycling,” […]
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By Kathryn Reed It was a 3-2 vote in closed session earlier this month by the South Lake Tahoe City Council that put City Attorney Jacqueline Mittelstadt on non-disciplinary paid leave. “You inquired about the hearing. All I can really say at this point is that I don’t feel my job in Tahoe will be […]
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Mark Anderson, Sacramento Business Journal The imbalance in supply and demand for liquor licenses in Placer County continues leaning toward the demand side — but it’s getting better. California Alcohol Beverage Control recently held its 2009 lottery for new licenses. There are still more people seeking them than there are new licenses available in Placer […]
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Publisher’s Note: Vail Resorts owns Heavenly Mountain Resort on the South Shore of Lake Tahoe. Mark Harden, Denver Business Journal Vail Resorts Inc. Thursday posted a loss of $38.7 million for the most recent quarter, deeper than the $11.1 million loss for the same quarter a year earlier, as real estate revenue sharply declined. It […]
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By Kathryn Reed Tears were flowing and words of anger uttered as more than a 100 parents stood in the play yard at Kindertown on Wednesday night to hear owner-director Maria Barrows-Crist explain that the state plans to close the facility Oct. 15. It means 130 children who attend the South Lake Tahoe day-care center […]
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By Kathryn Reed Barton Health employees are being told this week they must take three weeks off – one in October, one in November and one in December. The 25 percent cut in pay comes on the heels of 43 employs being laid off earlier this year. At that time it left the medical conglomerate […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — About 70 people listened Wednesday to the seven education candidates share their views about why they should be elected Nov. 3. Even though all are running for California seats, the meeting was at Harveys in Nevada. Nothing earth shattering was shared by the candidates. Each had 2 minutes for an […]
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By Kathryn Reed Looking at the big picture is what Tracy Owen Chapman does when it comes to placing Lake Tahoe Community College interns. It’s all about asking them where they think they’ll be in five or 10 years. It’s keeping track of industry trends. It’s about creating matches that are relevant and not creating […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sixteen months – that’s the amount of time John Hellman will spend behind bars for embezzling $16,574 from the Red Cross that had been donated to assist the 2007 Angora Fire survivors. Hellman, 49, pleaded no contest to the multiple charges. He was sentenced in El Dorado County Superior Court in Placerville […]
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By Kathryn Reed A meeting set for yesterday at 10am never occurred. Apparently South Lake Tahoe Police Chief Terry Daniels took it upon himself to schedule the meeting with the three pot dispensaries in town without the knowledge or consent of the City Council. Daniels said the meeting was like any other when an ordinance […]
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